Onset Symptoms, Tobacco Smoking, and Progressive-Onset Phenotype Are Associated With a Delayed Onset of Multiple Sclerosis, and Marijuana Use With an Earlier Onset

Onset Symptoms, Tobacco Smoking, and Progressive-Onset Phenotype Are Associated With a Delayed Onset of Multiple Sclerosis, and Marijuana Use With an Earlier Onset

Background: Age at symptom onset (ASO) is a prognostic factor that could affect the accrual of disability in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients. Some factors are known to influence the risk of multiple sclerosis (MS), but their influence on the ASO is less well-investigated.Objective: Examine the asso...

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Main Authors: Chunrong Tao, Steve Simpson, Bruce V. Taylor, Leigh Blizzard, Robyn M. Lucas, Anne-Louise Ponsonby, Simon Broadley, AusLong/Ausimmune Investigators Group, Ingrid van der Mei, Robyn M Lucas, Keith Dear, Terry Dwyer, Bruce V Taylor, Trevor Kilpatrick, David Williams, Jeanette Lechner-Scott, Cameron Shaw, Caron Chapman, Alan Coulthard, Michael P Pender, Patricia Valery
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Neurology
Subjects:
first demyelinating event
age at symptom onset
smoking
offspring number
marijuana
multiple sclerosis
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fneur.2018.00418/full

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